George to Bloemfontein

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from George to Bloemfontein. From €67.99, fastest 4h 25m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from George to Bloemfontein costs €67.99 at the cheapest and takes 4h 25m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 664 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
664 km
Fastest
4h 25m
Average
4h 29m
Services per day
3
Cheapest
€67.99
CO2 per passenger
163.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 33m1h 23m3h 10m€76.25163.3 kg1
  • 4h 33mFastest, by Flight
  • €76.25Cheapest, by Flight
  • 163.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 664 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€67.99
  1. CemAir CA471606:481h 23m08:11George GRJBloemfontein BFN

Door to door 4h 33mCO2 163.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€135.09
  1. Shosholoza Meyl SM754507:302h 15m09:45George railway stationDe Mist
  2. Shosholoza Meyl SM290810:344h 11m14:45De MistBloemfontein railway station

Changes at Kariega, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 59mCO2 30.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for George to Bloemfontein
Cheapest fare by mode and day for George to BloemfonteinFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€146.46€144.10€131.12€96.90€85.69€88.64€131.71€88.05€95.13€101.62€76.25€91.59€90.41€114.01
Train€288.54€314.39€240.14€206.04€176.89€174.14€240.69€151.59€210.44€169.74€151.04€127.94€168.64€198.34

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €67.99

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Bloemfontein is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book George to Bloemfontein

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €78.6190 days
  2. €52.6560 days
  3. €67.4045 days
  4. €83.9230 days
  5. €89.2321 days
  6. €114.0114 days
  7. €131.717 days
  8. €131.123 days
  9. €146.461 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.65.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €146.46, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€146.46€52.651371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €101.62Sun
  2. €79.20Mon
  3. €85.69Tue
  4. €88.64Wed
  5. €114.01Thu
  6. €88.05Fri
  7. €95.13Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €85.69Sep
  2. €72.12Oct
  3. €65.04Nov
  4. €57.37Dec
  5. €72.12Jan
  6. €54.42Feb

The route

GeorgeGeorgeBloemfonteinBloemfontein
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 664 km against 645 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kariega, Gqeberha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves George at 06:48 and the last at 06:48, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

George

Rail
  • George railway station
Bus
  • George Station
  • Intercape
Air
  • GRJ

Bloemfontein

Rail
  • Bloemfontein railway station
Bus
  • Intercape Bloemfontein
  • Mini bus terminal
Air
  • BFN

The fare from BFN into Bloemfontein is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BFN into Bloemfontein?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
CemAir€67.994h 25m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€50.0074%
Taxes€9.0013%
Supplier fees€7.0010%
Our service fee€1.993%
Total you pay€67.99100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Bloemfontein railway station

Most of the points near Bloemfontein railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about George to Bloemfontein

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from George to Bloemfontein?

The fastest journey from George to Bloemfontein takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 29m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from George to Bloemfontein?

The cheapest fare from George to Bloemfontein is €67.99, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €90.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from George to Bloemfontein?

The cheapest way from George to Bloemfontein is by Flight, at €76.25 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 33m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book George to Bloemfontein?

Fares from George to Bloemfontein bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €52.65. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for George to Bloemfontein?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from George to Bloemfontein, at €79.20. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for George to Bloemfontein?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from George to Bloemfontein, at €54.42 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from George to Bloemfontein?

1 operators sell services from George to Bloemfontein across 1 modes: CemAir. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from George to Bloemfontein?

33 percent of the services we sell from George to Bloemfontein are direct. The rest connect at Kariega, Gqeberha, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from George to Bloemfontein use?

Services from George to Bloemfontein by Flight leave from George GRJ and arrive at Bloemfontein BFN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from George to Bloemfontein?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from George to Bloemfontein allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for George to Bloemfontein on September 10, 2026: 664 km of route against 645 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €67.99, and 4h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Bloemfontein afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Bloemfontein before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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